Only a few years ago most of us associated biodiesel with recycling of used cooking oil to produce a transportation fuel that Willie Nelson used on his tour bus. The exhaust smelled…
The price of a barrel of North Sea Brent crude broke through $100 this morning, while the price of a barrel of West Texas Intermediate is hovering around $90. Does that mean…
coutesy of Exxon Mobile Corp.Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) is helping to stabilize stocks this morning after Big Oil reported its 2010 and fourth quarter earnings. The largest fully integrated oil and…
Obama and China president Hu Jintao are likely to clash on economic issues. (Reuters) The American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai said regulations which are not enforced are the largest problem in…
Shares in Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) posted a new 52-week high of $76.62 yesterday, up about 11% in the past year. That’s not bad growth for the largest company in the…
The Alaska oil pipeline from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez was shut down early Saturday morning following a spill of about 10 barrels of oil into the basement of a pump station on…
The US Environmental Protection Agency’s appeals board has essentially canceled permits that would have allowed Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE: RDS-A) to operate a drillship in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas off…
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, BOEMRE, has notified 13 companies that they will be able to resume drilling in the Gulf of Mexico without needing to submit…
It’s already 2011 and we have our outlook pieces for the year for sectors and indexes. While most of our pieces are examining upside going into what is expected to be a…
Momentum is building for oil prices to breach the $100/barrel level again. The black stuff has gained nearly 9% in December, and a total of 15% for 2010. This is good news…
How big oil stocks perform in 2011 will be highly dependent on the price of crude oil. That’s not a particularly original thought, but it remains true nonetheless. The price of crude…
The Dogs of the Dow is an investment strategy which annually selects the ten highest dividend yields of all thirty Dow Jones Industrial Average components. Because we are going for the timeless…
The price for a barrel of crude has risen about 17% since the beginning of 2010, to near $92/barrel. Positive forecasts for global economic growth, combined with a weaker US dollar are…
There has been an amazing feat in 2010. All of the most recent companies which have been booted out of the Dow Jones Industrial Average have outperformed their replacement stocks and the…
Oil supermajor Chevron Corp. (NYSE:CVX) has announced that it will acquire Atlas Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:ATLS) for $3.2 billion in cash and will take on an additional $1.1 billion in existing debt owed…
